19.1455, Jobs: General Linguistics: Linguist/Project Manager, Sensory, Inc.

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LINGUIST List: Vol-19-1455. Wed Apr 30 2008. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 19.1455, Jobs: General Linguistics: Linguist/Project Manager, Sensory, Inc.

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Date: 30-Apr-2008
From: MIna Wong < mwong at sensoryinc.com >
Subject: General Linguistics: Linguist/Project Manager, Sensory, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA

 

	
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From: MIna Wong [mwong at sensoryinc.com]
Subject: General Linguistics: Linguist/Project Manager, Sensory, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
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University or Organization: Sensory, Inc. 
Department: Linguistics/Project Mgmt
Job Location: California, USA 
Web Address: http://www.sensoryinc.com

Job Rank: Linguist/Project Manager  

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 


Description:

Qualifications: 

Seeking Linguist with project management skills. Must be business oriented,
able to juggle multiple projects and priorities, and be very organized.
Must be a fast learner with keen interest in phonetics, phonology and
technical concepts. 

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

- Serve as a primary contact for customer projects. 
- Keep detailed records and reports. 
- Take responsibility for resolving project issues as they arise. Schedule
and/or attend conference calls with international partners. 
- Work with with US and international partners to deliver project
deliverables on schedule.
- Work with Sensory engineers to deliver internal project deliverables on
schedule.
- Create and/or review product flowcharts.
- Develop and test SI recognition sets/speech synthesis for customer projects. 
- Recruit participants for QA testing of customer and internal products. 
- Recruit and record participants for data collection projects/and or
customer projects.
- Test and review customer products throughout lifecycle.
- Assist with QA testing of Sensory's QT2SI (Quick
Text-to-Speaker-Independent) recognition tool / provide feedback and bug
reports to Engineering. 
- Perform phonetic/phonological analysis for ASR & TTS engines such as
identifying language specific phonological rules and inventories.  
- Research and acquire resources needed to develop ASR & TTS engines.
(Identify existing databases for ASR training use and negotiate terms and
agreements with source.) 
- Research and prepare lexicons for new planned languages (includes writing
phonology rules for adults and children, mapping SAMPA/DARPAbet/IPA
transcriptions to WorldBet, correcting and converting phonemic
transcriptions to phonetic realizations, etc.) 

Requirements and Preferences:

- 1-5 years total job experience with demonstrated interest in linguistics,
and project/product management 
- Fluency in at least one foreign language. 
- Excellent understanding of phonological and phonetic concepts. Computer
literate (windows, DOS) and experience with Microsoft applications. 
- Audio editing experience a plus - (using tools such as Adobe Audition,
Peak, Sound Forge, etc.). 
- B.A./B.S. in Linguist required; M.A in Linguistics preferred


Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
Mailing Address for Applications:
	HR Department 
	575 N. Pastoria Ave. 
	Sunnyvale, US 94062 
	USA  
Email Address for Applications: jobs at sensoryinc.com 
Contact Information
	HR 
	Email: jobs at sensoryinc.com 
	Fax: 408-331-0999 





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